As President Ahmed al Sharaa hopes to seize his “ opportunity for peace ” in Syria, factions within the post-revolution nation threaten to tear it apart before the new era can even begin.

From ethnic militaries to religious minorities, a variety of movements are percolating in Syria , seeking to grab autonomy from Damascus.

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Most prominent among the threats to continued national unity is the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, a militia of over 100,000 soldiers that controls vast swaths of the country’s northeast.

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